Responsibility for unintended but foreseeable harm

Someone deliberately takes an action they believe is harmless. It unexpectedly causes significant harm that a reasonable person could have anticipated.

• 62% chose: Hold them substantially responsible. (23 people)
• 38% chose: Give substantial weight to their harmless intention. (14 people)

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